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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Soil
moisture plays an important role in the estimation of dielectric
properties in soil. By inverting a dielectric model, soil moisture can
be
retrieved from the soil real dielectric constant (RDC). User can choose
one of two models:</span></p>
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    <li><span style="" lang="EN">Hallikainen</span></li>
    <li><span style="" lang="EN">Mironov<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">&nbsp; Parameters
Used (all models)</span>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="">All models use the
    source RDC band.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="" lang="EN">Outputs (all models)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN">The soil moisture (SM) is output as a band.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN">User can select whether to copy the input RDC band
to the target product.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN">User can also select to output the Land Cover
bands from the source product to the target product.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN">&nbsp; </span></p>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">&nbsp; User Input
(all models)</span><br>
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&nbsp; User can enter the range of SM (minimum and maximum) for
retreival.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><span style="" lang="EN">Hallikainen Model</span></b>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN">The Hallikainen model computes soil moisture from
RDC plus sand and clay
percentages.<b>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="" lang="EN">Additional Parameters (Hallikainen)</span></b><span style=""
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN"></span>Both sand and
    clay source bands are used.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><span style="" lang="EN">Mironov Model</span></b>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN">The Mironov model computes soil moisture from RDC,
clay percentage and effective soil temperature.<b>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="" lang="EN">Additional Parameters (Mironov)</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="">Clay source band is
    used.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold;">User
    Input (Mironov)<span style="" lang="EN"></span><span style="" lang="EN"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="" lang="EN"></span>User can enter
    the effective soil temperature.
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